Ya but if your going in Ireland don't say your a Protestant or even Dutch for that matter best stay away from Irish churches altogether.
The Catholic Church is perpetually in a state of reform & renewal. Or, possibly the term: reformed catholic church is an indirect reference to the Protestant Reformation since the term: catholic church is not capitalized?
His original intention was only to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but his actions led to a split of the Church, dividing it into the Protestant and Catholic branches.
Catholics refer to Luther's "reformation" as the protestant revolt. The Catholic Church reiterated and defined its teaching at the Council of Trent. The Counter-Reformation was led by scholars, and the Catholic Reform by Catholics.
First off, it's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. . Secondly, Martin Luther never started a movement to reform the Catholic Church, Martin Luther LEFT the Catholic Church to start his own Church. Which is a completely different thing. That is commonly mislabeled as the protestant reformation, Catholics refer to it as the protestant revolt.
No, the Protestant Reformation is better titled the Protestant Revolt. The Catholic Reformation was just that, a reform of the abuses occurring at the time within the Church.
The Catholic Counter-Reformation was in response to the Protestant Reformation. Its goal was to reform the Catholic Church from within.
It sounds like protestant propaganda to justify the protestant revolt.
The Protestant Revolt started by Martin Luther brought on the Catholic Reformation.
the Protestants' separation from the Catholic Church.
Protestants did not reform the Catholic Church. They (Martin Luther, Henry VIII, etc) formed their own religions. The Catholic Church then reformed itself.
Yes, Martin Luthern didn't want there to be another Church. He just wanted the church to change their ways.
The protestant reformation is the name of the religious reform movement that divided the Roman Catholic Church.